My wife went through an almost identical experience 2 years ago, and it was horrendous. From being perfectly well, she started getting blurred vision late October, then on Halloween she lost 90% of her vision like someone flicking a switch off. We had 6 weeks of intensive testing and treatment that gave her near normal sight back in her right eye but still faced a Christmas thinking that it would be the last where she could see our young kids. It was eventually diagnosed as a possible strain of MS but like with Cam, no one really knew. The good news is that 6 months after the initial scare, she had regained 100% sight in her right eye and 50% in the left, and there have been no more complications since and we have been able to adapt as a family. The Oxford Eye Hospital and all the consultants and support staff were wonderful and are still only a phone call away 2 years down the line.
Cam has gone through so much, but its impossible to listen to him and not feel better about everything. He's a real special young man, and a credit to his family and all those around him. Football is almost irrelevant in all of this, but you just know that he'll be back wearing that shirt with pride before long. He's a fighter, a winner, and one of life's good guys - and he's one of us.